Woven strap for suspenders



H. C. MARTIN Feb. 1 1927.

WOVEN STRAP FOR SUSPENDERS Filed Anril 19,l 1926 0 y 0 u J 0 J Patented Feb. l, 1927.

llhliTED STATES WOVEN STRAP FORSUSPENDERS.

Application led April 1E), 1926. Serial No. 103,012.

This invention relates generally to new and useful improvements in woven strap for suspenders although from certain aspects it relates to new and useful improvements in wovenfabrics.

Heretofore, overall Suspenders have been formed on a sewing machine from two strips of woven fabrics of relatively different colors and of relatively different widths. The `manuiacturing of these Suspenders have been quite costly for the following reasons :"Two body fabrics, generally blue and white, must be carried in stock, cut into strips, and the strips formed into the suspenders. `Whenforming each strap of a pair of Suspenders, a blue strip is superposed on a white strip, the former being wider than the latter, and these strips are fed by an operator through a folder and thence passed to the stitching mechanism of a multiple needle sewing machine, the marginal longitudinal portions of the blue front strip being thereby folded under the edges of the white strip and secured thereto by lines of straight-a-wayV stitches formed by the sewing machine. rlhe needle threads employed in the sewing `machine are usually white in color and consequently the stitches form a resultant ornamental appearance on the front or outer face of the strap.`

One of the important objects of `my invention is to provide a one-piece suspender st-rap which is constructed to simulate a two-piece sewing machine made suspender strap.

Another important object of my inven tion is to form a suspender strap of woven fabric in which one or more of the warp threadsv extending longitudinally thereof is of a color different from the general color of the strap for simulating one ormore-lines of straight-away stitches.

A further object is to4 provide a woven fiat tube suspender strap in which the color of the front face contrasts with the color of the rear face and extends along opposite marginal portions of the rear face for simulating a sewing machine made twopiece suspender strap. i

A still further object of my invent-ion is to construct a woven fabric in which one of the inherent threads is of a color different from the general color of the fabric for simulating' a line of straight-a-way stitches formed in the fabric.

With these and other objects in view which will more fully appear and the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood` by following' the description, the appended claims, `and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichy Fig. l is a plan view of a pair of suspenders constructed in accordance with my invention,

F ig. 2 is a rear view of one of thesupporting straps, f

`Fig 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the tubes formingfone of the supporting straps, and i Fig. t is an enlarged detail plan view showing a portion of the front face of the tube. I

i Referring to the accompanying drawings,

it willbe seen that I have embodied my invention in a pair/of Suspenders Al which includes a pair of suspender straps B-B, as shown in F ig. l. ln this form of suspender each strap includes an elastic portion lC which is formed from a pair of elastic web sections y5 5 arranged side by side. The elastic sections of one suspender strap are interlaced with the elastic sections of the other suspender strap. The opposite end portionsr of each suspender strap are each formed from a woven tube 6. In Fig. l the woven fabric forming the tube 6 is more or less diagrammatically illustrated, the details thereof being better shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Each fabric tube 6 is formed from a plurality of warp threads which extend longitudinally ofthe tubeand a plurality `of weft threads which extend transversely of the tube. ln practice only a single weft thread is employed and this thread extends in spiral formationv throughoutl the length of the tube, the yeffect beingto form a plurall ity of transversely extending weft threads. rllhe tube is pressed to form a fiat tube having front and rear faces 7 and 8 respectively. rlhe threads forming the front face 7 of the tube are colored to form substantially a solid dark color in order to contrast with the white color of the rear face 8. Usually blue is employed in coloring the front face 7, although it will be understood that any other color which contrasts with the color of the rear yface 8 may be employed. The color of the front face eX- tends along opposite marginal portions 9-9 of the rear face so as to give the appearance of a suspender' strap formed from two separate pieces of material.

In order to further simulate a two-piece sewing machine made strap, I have employed one or more white warp threads in the front face 7 of the woven fabric and these threads are so woven as to produce in effect one or more lines of straight-a-way stitches which extend parallel to and are located adjacent the longitudinal edges of the strap. While I have shown a plurality of lines of these simulated stitches, itwill of course be understood that I may employ only one line thereof or any combination or arrangement of such lines of simulated stitches.

I-n Figs. 3 and 4, which illustrate the particular weave employed, the blue warp threads are indicated by the numeral 1U, the white warp threads employed in the front face 7 for simulating the stitches are indicated by the numeral l1, and the weft threads are indicated by the numeral 12. The consecutive warp threads progressively and alternately pass over a plurality of weft threads and under a lesser number of said weft threads. In the drawings, I have shown the Warp threads as passing over two weft threads and thence under one weft thread. By this arrangement each white warp thread ll forms a resultant line of simulated straight-away stitches, each stitch being indicated bythe numeral 13. By means of the weaving described above, it will be apparent that by providing an even number of blue warp threads l0 intermediate adjacent white warp threads ll, the resultant simulated straight-a-way stitches formed by the respective white warp threads will be disposed in successive parallel relationl and thereby simulate a plurality of lines of stitches made by a sewingA machine employing three needles abreast.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that I have provided a woven body fabric in which one of the inherent warp threads is of a color different from that of the other warp threads for simulating a line of straight-a-way stitches formed in said fabric; that I have provided a supporter strap for Suspenders which is formed of a onen piece flat tube of woven fabric constructed to simulate a two-piece sewing machine made strap, and that the color of the front face of the tube contrasts with the color of the rear face of the tube and extends along opposite marginal portions of said rear face.

It is of course to be understood that the details of structure and arrangements of parts may be variously changed and modiklied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

` I claim:

l. A strap comprising a flat Woven fabric constructed to simulate a sewing machine made strap, said strap having front and rear faces, the color of the front face contrasting with the color of the rear face, certain of the inherent warp threads ad jacent the respective longitudinal edges of the strap being of a color different from the general color of the face for simulating lines of straight-a-way stitches formed in said fabric.

2. In a suspender, a supporting strap comprising a one-piece flat tube of woven fabric constructed to simulate a two-piece sewing machine made strap, said tube'having front and rear faces, the color of the front face contrasting with the color of the rear face, one of the inherent warp threads of the front face adjacent one longitudinal edge thereof being of a color different from the general color ofthe front face for simulating a line of straight-a-way stitches formed in said fabric;

3. In a suspender, a supporting strap comprising a one-piece flat tube of woven fabric constructed to simulate a two-piece sewing machine made strap, said tube having front and rear faces, the color of the front face contrasting with the color of the rear face, certain of the inherent warp threads adja* cent the respective longitudinal edges thereof being of a color different from the general color of the face for simulating lines of st-raighta-way stitches formed in said fabric.

4l. In a suspender, a supporting strap comprising a one-piece lflat tube of woven fabric construed to simulate a two-piece sewing machine made strap, said tube having front and rear faces, the color of the front face contrasting with the color of the rear face and extending along opposite marginal portions of the rear face, certain of the inherent warp threads adjacent the respective longitudinal edges thereof being of a color different from the general color of the face for simulating linesv of straight-a-way stitches formed in said fabric.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature.

HORACE CI-IESTERTON MARTIN. 

